For Google, Advertising and Phones Go Together — For more than two years, a large group of engineers at Google has been working in secret on a mobile phone project. As word about their efforts has trickled out, expectations in the tech world for what has been called the Google phone …

Google and I.B.M. Join in 'Cloud Computing' Research — Even the nation's elite universities do not provide the technical training needed for the kind of powerful and highly complex computing Google is famous for, say computer scientists. So Google and I.B.M. are announcing today …

IBM, Google, Universities Combine 'Cloud' Forces — International Business Machines Corp. and Google Inc. said they are starting a program on college campuses to promote computer-programming techniques for clusters of processors known as "clouds." — In a joint telephone interview …

Alltel Wireless Launches New Wi-Fi Solution — Alltel introduces Wi-Fi to provide customers with access to thousands of hotspots — LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Whether staying in a hotel, waiting for a flight or drinking a latte at the local coffee shop, Alltel customers can now connect to the Internet virtually anywhere.

Holiday Consoles Include Two Free Games — Xbox® is rewarding holiday console buyers this season with two free games! Hot on the heels of a price reduction for all Xbox 360™ consoles, Microsoft is now giving holiday buyers even more value by including two great games …

Selling a community — The sharecropper rollup continues. The little plantation Newsvine has been bought by the big plantation MSNBC for a non-transparent amount of cash. "I personally would like to thank all Newsvine users who have helped make Newsvine what it is," wrote Newsvine cofounder Calvin Tang yesterday.

Loic Le Meur's New Startup Launches: Seesmic — The rumors were correct. Loic Le Meur, a well known European entrepreneur that recently relocated to San Francisco, will unveil his new video startup, Seesmic, this morning into a closed beta. — The service is very much in "alpha" and they've only given away a few test accounts.

Vonage settles patent case with Sprint — Internet telephony provider Vonage said Monday that is has settled its patent dispute with Sprint Nextel. — The two companies have entered into a licensing arrangement that allows Vonage to use patents for voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, technology that are held by Sprint.

Sony to put cheaper PS3 in play — Sony Computer Entertainment America will unveil a $399 40GB PlayStation 3 on U.S. shores, sources said. — The release comes on the heels of an announcement by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe that a new lower-priced version of the PS3 will be launched …

Why the iPod can be conquered — Apple's hugely popular digital music player isn't as ubiquitous as most people think, which explains why rivals like Microsoft keep trying to dethrone it, writes Fortune's Richard Siklos. — (Fortune) — Far be it for any mortal to tell Steve Jobs how to flog …

Microsoft's Ballmer: Google Reads Your Mail — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took a knock at one of his chief rivals during a speech to an audience in the U.K., saying Google reads customer email as part of a failed bid to drive ad-based revenue. — The software giant's chief made the remarks during …

Yahoo! for Yahoo? Maybe not. — The jumbo online revenue gains at Yahoo's newspaper partners may be transitory and short-lived, say publishers struggling to sustain initial lifts they fear they can't replicate in the second year of the agreement. — While online sales increased …

YouTube: The Big Copyright Lie — I'm a big YouTube fan. — We can thank YouTube for cutting the gordian knot of video codecs. Instead of futzing around with codecs and media players, YouTube's universal, Flash-based web video "just works". After all this time, it turns out the killer app …